He was born on April 16, 1925, in Grace City, N.D., to Otto and Anna Voigt Topp. He married Alva Sloan Kearns on Feb. 22, 1976; she passed away on March 14, 1996.

He is also preceded in death by his parents, brother Theodore, and sisters Esther Kopp Swain and Myrtle Nelson.

He is survived by one niece Myrtle Anne Kopp (Richard) Vick of Macomb, great nephew Christopher (Donnamarie) Vick of Nashua, N.H., and great nieces Susan (Patrick) Denecke of Macomb and Betsy (Charles Tackett) Vick, of Clarksville, Ind.

Calvin attended school in Grace City and Columbia Township Consolidated. He was in the U.S. Army in 1945 and 1946 and later attended NDSU in Fargo, N.D.

He was a lifelong farmer in Eddy and Foster counties until his retirement in 1975.

Calvin was the first president of the Eddy County NFO, a member of the Columbia Township Board for 19 years, past president of the FOE, and a member of the Dakota Central Telephone Co-op Board for 21 years.

Cremation rites have been accorded.

Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. on June 15 at the Federated Church in Carrington, N.D. Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Grace City Cemetery.

There will be a dinner for attendees in the community room at the School House Cafe after the committal service.

Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Macomb is in charge of local arrangements.

You may leave condolences and sign the guest book online at clugston-tibbittsfh.com.

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